E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Flora of British Columbia

General:
Annual herb from a short taproot; stems erect at first, later prostrate and matted, much-branched, woolly-hairy, 5-30 cm long.

Leaves:
Basal leaves lacking; stem leaves opposite, spoon-shaped or oblanceolate to oblong, thinly whitish woolly-hairy, 4-15 mm long, 1-5 mm wide.

Flowers:
Heads disciform, usually solitary in leaf axils or at tips of branches; involucres lacking; receptacular bracts, hooded and balloon-like, 1.3-2.5 mm long at maturity; female flowers mostly 25-46.

Fruits:
Achenes nerveless, swollen, broadly oblanceolate to narrowly rounded, tipped with a small style, 0.6-1.2 mm long; pappus lacking.